Category — Inspiration

Hold You In My Arms: Ray LaMontagne
Volcano: Damien Rice
Chicago: Sufjan Stevens
Mushaboom: Feist
I’d Rather Be With You: Joshua Radin
Orange Sky: Alexi Murdoch
Last Goodbye: Jeff Buckley
Slow Dancing In A Burning Room: John Mayer
Naked As We Came: Iron & Wine
Heartbeats: Jose Gonzalez
Waiting for My Real Life to Begin: Colin Hay
Chocolate: Snow Patrol
New Slang: The Shins & Iron & Wine
She Is: The Fray
In the Sun: Chris Martin & Michael Stipe
The Fear You Won’t Fall: Joshua Radin
High: James Blunt
I Feel It All: Feist
Catch My Disease: Ben Lee
Into the Mystic: Van Morrison
The Trapeze Swinger: Iron & Wine
Let Go: Frou Frou
Skinny Love: Bon Iver
Burn One Down: Ben Harper
When Your Mind’s Made Up: Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova
Gotta Have You: The Weepies
To Be Alone With You: Sufjan Stevens
Fair: Remy Zero
Kingdom Come: Coldplay
A Lack Of Color: Death Cab For Cutie
One Of These Things First: Nick Drake

What are you listening to?

Edited to add: Ok, so maybe I overreact sometimes, especially when it comes to choreographed dancing… but it’s still great, yeah? You can’t argue with that.

So. Apparently I’m the last person in the world to see this, judging by the ten million views in the last week. Better late than never, right? Right. I followed a link following a link, and the next thing I knew I was dropping big stupid happy-tears on my keyboard. There may have been a sob or two. Don’t judge.

I hit play, and Mark said, “What is that?” Then he looked at me and said, “Ooooh. You must be watching that wedding thing.” It was The Ugly Cry that gave me away. Something about choreographed dancing gets me EVERY TIME. Add in a side of wedding bliss, and I’m a goner. Happiness makes me happy, moves me to tears. And dancing is happy. Shut up.

I’d embed the video, but embedding is disabled on YouTube. So you have to go watch it there. Then come back and tell me you had The Ugly Cry too. Or at least a tear…

The sun is shining, and the birds are singing. The world has that warm golden haze. Finally, mother nature is throwing us a freakin’ bone and we’re breaking 60 degrees today. I’ve been awake and showered (small victories! yay!) for hours, and I am so ready to start today.

Thing that I’m inspired by this beautiful Thursday? Warm sunshine, a potential pedicure, and a working playdate with a lovely friend. Fresh flowers and a squealing baby and a weekend full of sunshine and love. Balanced productivity and relaxation. Operation Nice and new books waiting to be read.

Whoopee Thursday! There is a walk in my future, I can feel it!